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QLi)ronitlc and Sentinel.
AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 22.
Cotton Culture in India.
The last of the series of letters upon this in
teresting subject will be found in our paper ol
this morning. The New Orleans “T ttopit, in
which they originally appeared, says:
We deem it nothing more than an act of jus
tice to state that the papers on cotton culture
have been written by T. H. Wolie, Esq., non a
talented young lawver of this city, who formed
one of the party that went to the East Indies un
der the auspices ot the East India got eminent.
In what has been published this gentleman has
manifested powers of accurate observation,
acute discrimination, and forcible description to
the highest extent creditable to his abilities, and
auguring great success in his present profession.
Tylerlsm.
The National Intelligencer oi the 18th inst.
says:—A great excitement has been produced at
New Brunswick, in New Jersey, by the remo
val from office oi Samuel C. Cook, Postmaster
for that city—a gentleman against whom there
is no just ground oi complaint, political or oth
er—and appointing in his place a person named
John Simpson, of whom we know nothing, but
who, it is averred, besides being an ultra politi
cian of the Loeotbco school, did, during the
canvass of 1840, denounce not only Gen. Har
rison, but “Tyler too,” as a traitor to Jackson
ism, 4c. A meeting of the citizens of New
Brunswick, without distinction of party, was
held at the Court-house on the evening of the
13th inst., the Mayor oi the city in the chair.
Resolutions expressing the nearly unanimous
sentiment ot the town in condemnation of the
removal were adopted.
Interference to the reign of proscription, of
which the above case may be taken as one oi
the tokens, the Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Patriot, apparently well informed,
writes under date of March 15, as follows .
“ Every man who has any regard for the dig
nity of the Government must deplore he low
state to which the standard of appointment to
office has fallen—a fact of which the lobbies and
ante-rooms of the Executive Mansion continue
to give abundant illustration in the crowds of
broken-down politicians and shabby' adventur
ers that prowl to and fro and besiege the door of
the President's office. The Madisonian s talk
of ‘change’ has brought these persons here.”
The National Intelligencer of the 18th inst.
says:—The Snow, which fell in this city on
Thursday last from noon until about midnight,
lay upon a level, yesterday morning, some
twelve inches deep, having drifted in places to
the depth of four or five feet. The train olears
from Biltimore arrived within live or six miles
of this city at 8 o’clock on Thursday night, and
there stuck fast; nor did they reach the city un
til five o’clock last evening. The mail due on
Thursday night was brought into the city from
the cars about noon of yesterday.
The Southern Mail of Thursday evening ar
rived here in due season; but neither ot the
mails due last evening had arrived when we
went to press.
Prospects op Mr. Clay.—The Alexandria
Gazette, whose opinions on all subjects are ever
entitled to respect, and particularly in regard to
political prospects, always speaking oi such
with abundant caution, says:—“We take occa
sion to say that never, in our opinion, were tiie
prospects of Mr. Clay for the attainment of the
high office to which his friends seek to elevate
him, brighter than they are at present—never
were those friends so united, zealous, and en
thusiastic. All that is wanting is for that union
and enthusiasm to continue, and, if possible, in
crease. “Ax a band of brothers joined, firm, uni
ted let us stand.” Let them revive the glorious
days of 1840 for the great man of the people!"
Par the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Mr. Guieu’s correspondent takes a most in
genious method ot recommending a candidate
for the mayoralty, upon non-committal princi
ples. He recites the qualifications of Mr. Phiu
izy for that office; but, as that gentleman is not
yet “announced," he seems to “indicate" (with
out saying so) that objections to his election are
not yet in order. Well,—be it so. But it is
certainly in order to examine the qualifications,
which are thus gratuitously thrust before the
public. One word, in regard to them.
It is urged that we want a Mayor who will
not be a party officer.—Granted.—lt is said Mr.
P. will supply that want. —Doubted. “The
thing that hath been,” says Solomon, “is that
which shall be,—and there is no new thing
under the Sun.” Now, I guess, that when Mr.
P. is Mayor, his course, in party matters, will
be much as it has always been; and the history
of the last eighteen months shows how that is.
For example—
1. He was a zealous advocate for the cele
brated “House of Lords” act. But,
2. When John W. Walker opposed Andrew
J. Miller for the Senate, on the sole ground of
his voting tor that law, (as Mr. Phinizy had de
sired him to do,) Mr. P. exerted all his influ
ence, in support of Mr. Walker.
3. When the cry of “free suffrage” had serv
ed its turn, Mr. Phinizy made every effort to
change the time oi our city election, from April
to September—and why I Many of Ms political
opponents are then regularly absent.
If such a man will make a Mayor, without
■party; he will disprove another proverb, which
if it wants the inspiration, has all the practical
wisdom of Solomon— “It is hard tn teach, an. old
dog new tricks." Q.
QOrion Porter Rockwell, the Mormon who
has been accused of being the person who at
tempted to assassinate ex-Govemor Beggs, of
Missouri, last summer, was apprehended at St.
Louis on the 6th instant and committed to jail.
He will now have to stand his trial.
Tylerism in New York.
The New York “Union,” the paper establish
ed by Major Noah in the city of New York as
an official Administration journal, has given up
the ghost. Its late subscribers are transferred
to the Aurora, a morning penny paper. The
only reason given for this lamentable catastro
phe is “the difficulty of sustaining two morning
papers pursuing the same political course.”
Verily the cause of the Captain must be in a
waining condition, if in such a city as New
York, withalljthe force and screws of patronage,
the party cannot sustain two penny papers.
The Charleston Mercury says the Tyler pa
pers at the North seem to be all running togeth
er, like dew on a.cabbage leaf. The New York
Union is merged in the Aurora— and the Phila
delphia Evening Juirnal is united with the Eve
ning Mercury.
y~*j- The Philadelphia U. S. Gazette says that
the English papers make mention ol the death of
Richard Carlisle, the infidel publisher; and they
add that he some time since made an open pro
fession of Christianity.
y-Y A letter from Amsterdam, February 1,
states that the tower of the Church of West
zann, in Southern Holland, one of the most re
markable monuments ot the middle ages; has
just iallen down.
Exceedingly Fenny.-—ln the shape of those
queer things called “resolutions” offered at pub
lic meetings, we have seen many oddities in the
course of our existence, but we think a resolution
adopted at a recent Loeofoco convention in Mis
sissippi, is a huckleberry above any body's per
simmon. After nominating candidates fbr State
officers and for Congress, on motion ot Dr.
James Hagan, it was
Resolved, That in the approaching canvass,
the Democratic candidates are requested neither
to treat or to be treated, but that they appeal to
the reason and intelligence of the people.
We should construe that intofan admission
that heretofore the locotoco candidates in Mis
sissippi have not appealed to the reason and in
telligence of the people, but have been elected
by "treating and being treated." We rejoice
that there is to be a reformation in the mode of
proceeding.— Tropic.
Economy and Cbahity.—The following an
ecdote was related by Mr. Emerson, of Boston,
in one of his lectures upon New England.
♦•An opulent marchant of Boston waa called
upop by a friend in behalf of a charity. At
the time he was admonishing his clerk for using
whole wafeis instead of halves. His friend
thought the circumstance unpropitious, but to
his surprise, on listening to the appeal, the mer
chant* subscribed SSOO. The applicant ex
pressed his astonishment that any person who
was so particular about half a wafer; should
present #SOO to charily; but the merchant said—
•lt is by saving half wafers and attending to
such little thing* that 1 have now something to
give.’ ”
Destruction ol I’oiut-a-Pltie.
By the arrival on the 14th inst. at New Or
leans, of the French ship Schems from Guada
loupejdirect, in 18 days, we are in possession of
the following interesting correspondence of the
N. O. Courier.
To the Editor of the Courier:
Sir—When, three years ago, 1 edited, in New
York, a French paper, called the “Indicateur,"
and you, by letter, invited me to an exchange of
correspondence, 1 little anticipated that the first
theme occupying my pen, would be one so
mournful and disastrous as that I am about to
enter upon, I allude to the total destruction oi
Point-a-Pitrc, by an earthquake and by fire.
' On the Bth of February about half past 10 o’-
clock, a frightful earthquake threw down all the
Itouses and walls in the town of Point-a-Pitre. —
After a terrible minute of mortal anxiety, the
trembling oi the earth ceased, and then arose on
all sides the most heart-rending cries. For a
moment, a cloud of dust made it impossible to
distinguish objects; but in a short time the wind
dispersed the dust, and the eyes of the few sur
vivors fell on heaps of bodies horribly mutila
ted ; some still alive, and others quite dead.
A stupor tor a moment seemed to paralize the
tongues and the limbs of those who had escaped
unhurt—they looked at each other like idiots.—
Suddenly, cries broke forth, “My child I” “my
fhther!” “my wife!” and then all were in motion
in search ot’ those they held most dear.
No longer could any streets be traced, for all
were filled up by the ruins of the houses, ot
which none remained standing but a few built
of wood. After a long and painful search among
the heaps of ruins, a few persons were taken
out alive.
The questions asked, while this was going on,
were truly heart-rending: “Have you seen my
mother?” “She has been crushed to death.”
“Haue you not met with my children?” “They
were found under the ruins.” “Oh tell me,
what has become of my wife?” “She has been
dashed to pieces.”
Others stopped close to the spot where lately
stood their dwellings—with their hands clasped
together, and on bending knees they called tor
aid: “My mother is there, buried alive under
the ruins -she calls—help me to get her out.
“I am seeking my own mother,” was perhaps
the reply, and he had been called on to aid, went
his own way.
In all the roads, heads, arms, and legs were
seen sticking out—the rest of the body being held
as in a vice. And those heads, amis and legs,
were trampled on by their fellow-townsmen,
who were searching after their own relations.
Three thousand dead, and two thousand mu
tilated bodies had been taken from the ruins,
and many more remained untouched eight days
after the disaster.
When they heard of this frightful calamity,
the people of the neighboring islands hastened
to send or bring aid and succor. Subscriptions
were everywhere opened, and all rushed for
ward to put down their names. Even the poor
est among the poor, hastened to contribute his
mite.
In the meantime, food was wanted. Not a
store or ware-house had escaped the wreck.
True, a few frame houses remained standing:
but flames had burst out from the ruins, and
what the earthquake had spared, was now rapid
ly consumed by fire. Nothing then was saved;
but the lives of a few human beings, whose
minds were oppressed with recollections of the
scenes they had witnessed.
The night of the Bth was frightful. While
the flames were completing the work of destruc
tion, those who hail escaped sought repose after
the latigues and alarms of the day. The stout
est had fled to the adjacent plantations, carrying
on their backs, perhape a child, perhaps some
chattie snatched from the fire, Otheis had re
paired on board the vessels in the harbour. The
teeble had lain themselves down at the foot ol a
tree or close to a rock.
The fire continued burning two days and
nights.
Ou the 10th, a provisional administration was
organized. Rations weredistributed, consisting
of a little rice, a little codfish, and a biscuit.
Judges, lawyers, notary*, merchants, were seen
with a piece of codfish and a biscuit in their
hands. The diffident fared still worse, getting
nothing.
In consequence oflhis state ol things, numbers
left the island.
No questions arose as to where the vessels
were bound for. It sufficed, if the unfortunate
emigrant could be received on board. None
remained, but those who were tied dow n by
some powerful motive.
The people of Martinico gave the kindest re
ception to those who sought reluge among them
CH. TESTUT.
Match 13,1843.
It was reported at Guadaloupe, three
weeks ago, that the southern, or ci-devant Span
ish side of Santo Domingo, had suffered severe
ly by the earthquake of the Bth of February.
Extract of a letter dated
Pointe-a-Pitre, 22d Feb. 1843.
Our fine town no longer exists—all has been
shaken to its foundation and fire has consumed
ihe remnant*. The caiih ojiened in many
places to the width of four feet. About 1000 ot
the wounded having had their limbs amputated,
have since died. The scite of the town emits
a frightful smell.
It is said all the soldiers in the fort perished.
The N. O. Bee acknowledges the receipt of
three numbers of the “Avenir,” a French paper
published at Point a Petre several days after the
sad catastrophe, and says:
The numbers before us, are absolutely filled
with articles, letters, proclamations and official
communications, respecting thisawful catastro
phe.
The proclamation of M. Gourbeyre, Govern
or »f Gaudaloupe, published on the HthofFeb
ruary, three days after the disaster, mentions
that fifteen hundred persons had been extracted
from the ruins alive.
At the last accounts famine threatened to des
troy the miserable remnant of citizens the earth
quake and lii c had spared. So complete and over
whelming had been the calamity, that provisions
enough could not be found to furnish a scanty
meal to the survivors, and the authorities were
doling out a few mouldy biscuits and salt fish
to the starving inhabitants. We learn however
with pleasure, that the sympathies of the people
ol Martinique and all the neighboring isles had
been aroused and they were hasteningsuccorsto
the ir devastated neighbor. No pen can adequate
ly depict the horrors of this visitation.
Correspondence qf the N. O. Tropic.
Cotton Culture in India.
NUMBER VII.
7'« the Editors of the Tropic:
Ido not wish to be understood as writing a
tirade against the Anglo Indian Government.
Its sins are sufficiently glaring without the fi
gures of rhetoric, or the colorings of fancy. I
wish, by a plain statement of facts, to place the
question of competition, in the cultivation of
cotton, between this country and India, in the
light of truth—proposing thereby to quiet the
apprehensions of the people ot the cotton grow
ing regions of this country —and to forestall any
undue depression in the trade, or unwholesome
influence that might be produced by hastily
formed opinions, or the misrepresentations or
boasts of Englishmen.
In the last number, 1 made a very general al
lusion to the aversion the Hindoos entertain to
co-operate with the Government in the introduc
tion of improvements of any kind, and the
causes ot that aversion. Improvements of real
service to a country, must be taken up by the
tradesmen and farmers. In these two spheres
of industry, there must be a co-operation, else
there will be no success —they mutually minis
ter to, and sustain one another. These two pop
ular and most useful classes of the people of
India, arc the most ignorant, degenerate and op
pressed of all others. The Brahmin enjoys a
superior stand amongst men, derived from the
sacredness of his vocation, and freely yielded
by the universal accord of all other classes.
The merchant and banker pass their lives in
luxurious case amidst their piles of ill-gotten
wealth. The soldier, the mercenary wretch
who sells his country for a pittance, and spends
a life in forging the chains that are to fasten in
bondage an unborn posterity, is ranked next in
station and dignity to the God-like Brahmin.
But the farmer, whose abode inmost countries
is the sanctuary ol independence, intelligence, in
dustry and virtue, is here the biding place of ig
norance, indolence, and he himself lives in a
cringing, slavish subserviency to all other or
dersofmen. This is a strange and an anoma
lous condition of society, peculiarly destructive
ot those wholesome balances and checks, on
which so much depend the prosperity of a peo
ple.
The highest and only wholesome incentive to
industry and improvement, is the protection of
property. The most discouraging, depressing,
and destructive feature of any government, is
the want of this protection. In no country is
this latter feature more lamentably the case,
than in India. This leads at once to a discus
sion of the jurisprudence of the country, but
for my present object, it is not necessary to take
so wide a range. I will notice a few only ot
the abuses of the Government bearing on this
subject.
The foreign position of the country, the abso
luteness of the rule, and the general character
of the functionaries all contribute to make the
Government ot India an irresponsible one. And
the shadow does not more certainly follow its
substance, than does abuse the exercise ot pow -
er without responsibility. One of the most effi
cient sources of revenue, is the taxation of land.
The tenures of land are various in different
parts of the country. But in no part is the hold
er of land entirely secure in his possessions- It
seems a slander is assert that any of the sub
jects of the English rule are deprived of their
possessions by the assumption of might, yet It
is true. Numbers of the natives possess landed
estates under proprietary titles, derived, some of
them, from the grants of the former govern
ments, and some arc the estates of a wealthy an
cestry, handed down through a long line of suc
cessions. These estates are the peculiar ob
jects ot the rapacity of the Government. The
system of taxation is altogether arbitrary, and
its officers in a great measure irresponsible.—
The taxes are frequently so exorbitant that the
owner cannot possibly pay the amount When
1 this is ihe case, the lands are seized and sold tv
the highest bidder, upon whom arc imposed the
same oppressve. conditions. If he does not
promptly discharge them, the land is again sold,
ami when no one will buy it, it escheats to the
Government, and becomes a part of the public
domain, when the collector of revenues makes
the best disposal of it he can
Not satisfied with this high-handed and open
robbery, the Government gave the principal col
lectors of revenue authority to examine legally
the titles by which individuals held their estates.
All such as were considered insufficient and in
valid, escheated at once to the Government.
As a consideration for these extra duties, each
collector received } per cent upon the value of
all the lands that should thus fall to the Govern
ment. The collector acts in the double capacity
of revenue officer and magistrate. —The manner
of procedure in the investigation of land titles is
a very simple om ; whenever the collector dis
covers a fine estate, he at once suspects the gen
uineness of the possessor—some pretext is soon
found for its contestation. In order to test Jhis,
he has instituted before him an examination
which, with the powerful argument off percent
on the whole value, too often results in depriving
the unfortunate native of his possessions, which
probably his family has enjoyed through a suc
cession of ages. It will be jierceived that the
collector, in these proceedings, is the prosecutor
and the judge. From his judgement there is an
appeal, but it is so expensive that not one man
in ten thousand can take advantage of it. The
collector in his district, is all-powerful—he hoists
in his grap the interest of every man under him.
By his power he imposes silence on the voice of
complaint and shuts the mouth of inquiry. The
wretched Hindoo, finding himself thus circum
vented and hampered, tries by conciliation and
sacrifice to propitiate the hunger of his destroyer.
The collectors, with this per centage and this
power, in a short time become less assidious and
more indifferent to the prosecution of investiga
tions into land-titles. This was not the result of
any modification or change in the rigor of the
law that exacted it, nor was it sympathy or a
kinder feeling tor those whom they had robbed,
but the lazy indifference of satiety—that indif
ference with which the sated tiger or boa regards
his passing victim. But this slothful proceed
ing did meet the approbation of the Government
And the f per cent was taken Irom the col lattSu*?
and given to individuals. Thus were a number
ol pests thrown amonst the people, wearing the
badge of Government—licensed—bribed to the
commission of frauds,l crimes and grievous
wrongs on a helpless people— helpless, because
they were the commissioned. officers of the Govern
ment.
But this is not the most odious, nor, so far as
the prosperity of the country is concerned, is it
the most mischievous feature of the Anglo-In
dian rule. There is not a Tartarchief, or Turk
ish Pacha, who demands with greater rigor or
enfiircee with more dire injustice the execution
ofhis revenue laws, than does the British Indian
Government. The system ot taxation isamost
arbitrary one, and emphatically the curse of the
country. To each collector is allotted a certain
district of country, in extent usually about six
ty miles square, over which he presides, and
from which he collects the taxes. In some part,
the most eligible ofhis district, he has his head
quarters, where he settles all business connected
with the revenues of his district, and presides as
a magistrate. At the proper season of the year
when the crops arc beginning to mature, he
makes the circuit ol his district—that is, he vis
its the principal towns and cities within his ju
risdiction, in almost each of which is stationed a
fraction of a regiment, where he spends his time
agreeably in the interchange of dinner parties,
and other pastimes and civilities, with the gen
tlemen of the army.
The object of this annual circuit is to exam
ine the condition oi the country and the state of
the crops, which are his only guides in assess
ing the government tax. If the country is pros
perous—that is, if no unusual calamity has be
fallen it, and the crops appear flourishing, the
conclusion is that the people can bear a high
rate of taxation. This state of things gives rise
to every species of fraud on the part of the
natives to deceive the government officers,
which leads to vice and hatred on one side, and
oppression and cruelty on the other. As lor all
the good resulting from these annual visitations,
the collector might as well remain at home, lor
he never goes into the country unless it is on a
hunting excursion or other occasion of pleasure.
When he arrives in any section ofhis district,
he pends through the country a host of native
agents or servants, all wearing the badge of the
government, and all he knows of the country is
from the representations ol these minions.
These petty officers go forth upon the country,
as so many harpies; insulting, cruel, vindictive,
and mercenary. The highest recommendation
of such a servant to his employer, is the activity
and promptitude with which he acquits himself
in his “visitation and search” in each village,
because upon the abundance ofhis returns great
ly the reputation of the collector himself in the
eye of the government. Upon the representa
tions of these sub-officers the collector assesses
the government tax.
It requires no extraordinary powers of penetra
tion to see the intolerable abuses growing out of
so loose a system—the amount ofcrime and cruel
ty on the part of the officers, and of vexations and
wrongs suffered by the people and the consequent
results to me country. I iiiigin write a mlnnte
on the abuses ot power by the Anglo-Indian
government, and the halt would not then be told;
but the narrow limits to which I have confined
myselfbarely admit of an allusion to subjects of
this nature.
Notwithstanding all that might be justly said
against the Anglo-Indian government, there is
something to be said in its favor. There is no
doubt but the English rule in the East will ulti
mately be productive of the greatest good; not
indeed from any disposition in times past or pre
sent on the part of the government to ameliorate
the condition of the people—to enlighten and el
evate them—but from the inevitable results of
an association with an enlightened and energet
ic people, gradually introducing amongst them,
as they do, the improvements of the age—their
sciences, and learning, and above all, the benign
influence of the Christian religion. The veil
that so long concealed the actions of the East
India Company from the rest of the world, and
under cover of which such excesses have been
committed, has been drawn aside by the hand of
time, and the actors on this great stage are expo
sed to the criticisms and reprehensions of the
world. The measures of government are begin
ning to be submitted to and judged of by the
public at large, and national pride is beginning
to accomplish what the cries of humanity and
the voice of reason had failed to do.
I fear this paper has grown to an undue
length, I will therefore draw to a close. 1 have
said all on this subject that 1 intend to sav, at
present. 1 have attempted to set forth such facts
as came under my observation, touching the
subject under consideration, and with these leave
the question to those who are interested —whe-
ther India can ever be made to compete with
America in the production of cotton. YV.
N. B. The latest accounts I have seen from
India, both private and public, corroborate fully
the opinion I have advanced. Some accounts
are from the very sections of country in which
it was so sanguinely hoped the experiment
would succeed.
The New Gams.—After trying for two years
what could be done with the Whig party, by
giving them some of the offices of the Govern
ment, and finding that the party was incorrupti
ble, and could not be Tyleriicd, the Adminis
tration commences its new game, by attempting
the same scheme with the Loco Foco party, ho
ping for better success in that quarter. But the
indications are any thing but favorable. The
appointment of Mr. Porter, for instance, as Sec
retary of War, is denounced by the Loco Foco
papers of Pennsylvania, as a base scheme to
distract and divide the Democracy of the State;
but which will, nevertheless, utterly fail in its
intended effect.— Alex. Gaz.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
Washington,’March 15,1843.
The office-holders are touching the crisis of
their destiny—Change ! Change !
We have had about once a week during the
last three months, most oracular givings out by
the Governmental official organ, from which
most people interred that something wonderful
and awful was to happen after the 4th of March.
What that something was to be we never could
distinctly learn. But the mystery is now ex
plained—the oracle is expounded.
A “searching operation”—a thorough inqui
sition—has been begun in all the offices of the
country of every grade; and it will be carried
out with all the keenness and industry which a
promise of spoil can excite; for the purpose of
ascerlainining the political opinions of the in
cumbents. They must all show their hands;
and if there are any not ready to declare a prefer
ence for John Tyler for the next Presidency, and
to give their best exertions to secure his election,
“Off with his head'” will be the word—so much
for disaffection.”
Yoh need scarcely expect that Baltimore will
escape this sweeping inquisition. Indeed, we
have rumors here, which assume to-day rather
an authentic hxtk, that important changes in
your Custom House have been determined np
on. The Secretary' of the Treasury has a son
in-law, who has for some time been his private
and confidential secretary, fit is understood that
he wishes this gentleman to be near him in the
new position to which he has been transferred :
and will appoint him Chief Clerk ol the Treas
ury. Mr. McClintock Young, who will be thus
superseded, must be provided for, however; and
it is said that he will be either transferred to the
office of Collector of your jxirt, or to that of
First Comptroller, and Mr. MeCnltoeh will go
to the Baltimore Custom House, This appears
a comfortable arrangement enough for the par
ties. Ido not vouch for its accuracy though:
tor here reports vary every day, and almost
every hour. Other changes in your city are
contemplated I have good reason to believe
-—but lest the report may have some ten
dency to work its own fulfilment, I shall not
mention the names of the “doomed.”
Every man who has any regard tor the dignity
ofthe Government, must deplore the tow state to
which the standard of appointment to office has
fallen—a fact of which the lobbies and ante
rooms of the Executive mansion continue to
give abundant illustration in the crowds of bro
ken-down politicians and shabby adventurers
that prowl to and fro. and besiege the door ofthe
President’s office. The Madisonian’s talk ot'
“change” has brought these persons here. Eve
ry day adds to their number, and increases their
importunity, They are neatly all el the class
whom corrnpliou always seeks out, mid who
seek in- their min the ivago: of -civility—al
once jKior in principle an,i poor in t.'
Mr. Cushing's friends say helms nmdctei
rnined whether he will he a candidate tor < '(in
gress; nor will he decide until he goes to Mas
sachusetts and surveys the ground. His pros
pects ol success are not the brightest.
Mr. Webster is in statu <p,< --that is, unresol
ved when he shall go, or whether he stall go at
all! The Presidents gracious - pleasure to
grant him permission to retire,” to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Mr. Fletcher Webster will beappointed Sec
retary to the China mission, and intends to make
the journey overland.
Mr. Spencer has created some disturbance in
that old “rookery,” the Treasury. The drones
Will find him rather severe in discipline.
A Looker ox.
far-There is much truth in the following,
which we find in .-m exchange paper, that we
deem it richly worly ol' repetition:
The matt who honestly contracts a ceht, be
lieving truly that he will’ be al.lb to pay it, is
not to be blamed iI ipisforinne prevents him.—
But he whogeis the property or labor of anoth
er, knowing I lial he will not pay, and designing
not to pay, is a swindler and a' thief, though the
law may not punish him ll>r it. The honest »'».
lint is the touclistone and test, in such cases.
U.S. Sloop or- War,Conioho.—Captain
Briggs, ofthe ship Barclay, ofN. Bedford,states
that at the Cape of Good Hope he heard a re
port ofthe loss ofthe U. S. sloop of War Con
cord, on the coast of Mozambique. No partic
ulars given.— Philo. Inquirer.
TRANSLATIONS FROM Till; HERMAN.
Graph Vink Cuttings.—The superintendent
of the garilcns ofthe Duke of Weimar, em
ploys w nh success, the foll.iu lug method of pro
pagating the more choice varieties of w ine and
tablegrapes, by means of cuttings. He selects
from among the stalks and branches cut away
in fall and spring, such as are of suitable diam
eter —say from a to J inch —and have well ri
pened wood. These he cuts in pieces in mid
way between the buds, and splits each piece
lengthwise, nxeserving the bud uifv.uaed.,
halves conu—frmg the biclo-aje
the flat side on a bed of well prepared garden
mould, gently pressed down level with the sur
face, and co. tied with moss, or a layer of fine
leaf mould. -Thus planted, the cuttings speedi
ly strike root, if the bed be kept moist by occa
sional waterings, and properly shaded, without
obstructing the circulation of the air.
Cuttings similatly prepared, though not split,
rearlily strike root and produce vigorous plants,
if their ends be dipped in melted sealing-wax,
and they lie planted in good garden soil, cover
ing them in to the depth of half an inch. The
ground must be kept moist, and free from weeds.
Grai-i-ing.—M. Schroer recommends using a
branch ot common willow, an inch or two in di
ameter, in thrtollowing manner, as a matrix for
receiving the grafts of such variety if apple,
pear or quince trees, as it is desirable to multi
ply.- Make longitudinal cuts or slits through the
branch, at equal distances of 15 or 18 inches.
Take grafts having two perfect buds, give the
lower end the usual wedge shajie, using a keen
knife, and insert them in the slits of the willow-,
making the lower bud sit close to the slit. Then
bury the branch in a trench formed in good gar
den soil of such depth as will permit the upper
buds to protrude just above the surface of the
ground, w hen the french is again filled. The
ground must be watered occasionally if the sea
son lie dry, and weeds must be carelully extirpa
ted whenever they appear. In the s’pring of the
following year, tl'ic branch may be taken up and
Infallible Clue rou a Foundered Horse.
—ls your horse Ibimdcrs overnight, in the mor
ning take a pint of hog’s lard, put it in,a vessel
and make it boiling hot, clean his hoofs well, set
his foot in the lard. Heat it tor each hoof boil
inghot; take a spoon and put the fat over the
hod' as near the hair as jrossible, and he will be
fit for use in three hours if it is done early in the
morning. It is better to remove the horse’s
shoe, but I have made several cures without. 1
have tried this on many horses during a period”
of fifteen years, and have never failed.
HINTS TO FARMERS.
A farmer should never undertake to cultivate
more land than he cando thoroughly; half tilled
land is growing poorei: well tilled land is con
stantly improving.
A farmer should never keep more cattle, hor
ses, sheep or hogs, than he can keep in good or
der; an animal in high order the first of Decem
ber, is already half wintered.
A farmer should never depend on his neighbor
for what he can. by care and good management,
produce on his own farm; he should never beg
fruit while he can plant trees, or borrow tools
when he can make or buy them—a high author
ity has said the borrow er is servant to the lender.
A farmer should never be so immersed in po
litical matters as to forget to sow his wheat, dig
his potatoes and bank them up in his cellar, nor
should he be so inattentirixo them as to be ig
norant of those great quesliofo-ro' national and
State policy which will alwaysmbsem more or
less, a free people.
No faimer should allow the reproach
glecled education to lie against himself orlanii
rarowto.lßT- i- -power." On- e<wum*ncenient
should be early r.nd deeply laid in the mind-: ot
his children.
A fanner should never use intoxicating li
quors as a drink: if. while undergoing; severe fa
tigue and the hard labor ofthe summer, he would
enjoy robust health, let him be temperate in all
things. •
A farmer should never refuse a fair price for
anything he, wants to sell: we have known a
man who had several hundred bushels of wheat
to dispose of, refuse eight shillingsand six pence,
and after keeping his wheat six months, wa»
glad to get six shillings for it.— Par. Cabiii ,, .t.
Hung bv the Leg.—The Hagerstown News
says that, on Friday night, one of our citizens,
Mr. Lowry, taking occasion to cross a paling
fence, missed his hold, and fell in such a man
ner that one ot his leet caught in the palings,
and left hiiv susjiended in a most painful and
perilous condition. Before assistance came to
hand, he had mlirely lost the power ol' speech ;
and had he remained a f< w minutes longer, he
must inevitably have died.
Something New.—The New Orleans Cres
cent, gives the subjoined account of an experi
ment made in producing coflee from sweet po
tatoes. The Editor remarks that he saw the re
commendation in a Memphis paper, and byway
of a freak, was induced to make the trial, the
result of which, as will l.e seen below, proved
highly satisfactory.
Sweet potatoes mixed with flour, make excel
lent bread. We were not aware us this fact,
until a neighbor of outs, a day or two since,
sent us a part of a loaf for trial, it was sweet
and perfectly light, and to our taste, was far su
snperior to bread made in the ordinary way.
In these economizing times we would recotn
mend a trial of the sweet potatoes for both pur
poses. If they can be made to answer for eith
er, it will be a saving worth making by those
who have large families.
But we are detaining our readers from the
Crescent’s account ofhis experiment in making
Sweet Potatoe Coffee, mentioned at the com
mencement ot our remarks:
“Yesterday morning wedrank of ‘the proceeds
lit breakfast, and hope to do this morning. A
medium sized sweet potatoe was pared, and then,
while in the raw state, sliced. These slices were
then cut acrosswise, so that when the operation
was over the pieces were square and precisely
of the magnitude of ordinary dice. These were
then toasted slowly over a tire, as one does cof
fee. The moisture of the potatoe gradually
evaporated, and in about the time that coffee
would be prepared lor the mill, the potatoe sub
stitute was ready lor the same process. The
grinding was carried on easily and perfectly,
and the grains came out prettily from the mill.
The beverage w as made yesterday by the French
method ot dripping, and we have seldom drank
a cup with greater pleasure. This potatoe cof
fee is as stnn; an I dark in appeanuiceas any
other, and < n!vdiffer:; in teste from “Havans
by reason ol asligta n-enil lance t > li
takes very little sugar, and is a substantial,
cheap, and no doubt healthy one. Who else tries
it!
It is better coffee than we overdrank in North
or South Carolina, Georgia or Alabama, at any
breakfasting house on a route, and we would
particularly recommend it to the landlady on
the southern bank of the Roanoke. IVe hope
to see our planters try it, and doubt not that
many who live far from or inconvenient to mar
ket, will do well to introduce it. Poor people
in the city can make coflee for a week, with a
picayune’s north of sweet potatoes.”
Wonderful Phenomenon. —The Editor of
the Hartford Courant has recently been shown
a small volume in manuscript, purporting to be
a Diary, kept by Mr. Nodiah Russell, who gra
duated at Harvard College in 1681, and was af
terwards a tutor in that Institution, and subse
quently the minister of Middletown, Conn.,
having been ordained as such Oct. 24, 1688.
From this Diary the Editor makes the following
extract:
27th day, Ist month, 1682. It being Sabbath
day. In the morning it was very cold, at noon
very warm; at night, between 4 and 5 o’clock,
here was a thunder shower, which came front
the southwest, wherein was a great storm of
hail. The hailstones were near the bigness oi
a bullet—they broke several squares of glass at
College, for they came with a strong wind.
Broke glass at Roxbury—and at Lynn it shat
tered many windows. Moreover, at Lynn, af
ter sundown, as it began to be duskish, an hon
est old man, Mr. Hanford, went out to look for
a new moon, thinking the moon had changed:
when, in the west, he espied a strange Mack
cloud, in which after some space he saw a man,
standing in arms complete, with Ins legs strad
dling and having a pike in his hands which he
held across his breast—which sight the man saw
and many ptheis. After a while the man van
ished, in whose room appeared a spacious ship
seeming under sail, though she kepi ihe same
station. They saw it, they said, i s apparently
as ever they saw a ship in the harbor, which
was to their imagination the handsomest they
ever saw—with a lofty stem, the hoad to the
South, the hull black, the sails bright; t* lone
and resplendent streamer came from the top ot
the mast; this was seen for a great space, both
by these and others ol the same town. Aftet
this they went in, where, tallying but a white
and looking out agair all was gone au.i the
sky as clear as ever.
THLRBDAI MOIIMHG, MARCH ...
F.'ic < a-It r-j stein-
II v. e w i-t r pel nutlet to irom the u.-
quent dniis that meet oin ewetvation mourex
changc papers, and the eariiestness with which
the necessities of the “Kfiights of the Quill’’
arc pressed upon the consideration ol their kind,
yet non-paying sitl scriherS, weshoitld inferthat
some were about to siimtrion sufficient resolu
tion to adopt the
our vocabulary, signifies pay in advance, or
you don’t get the Ituits of our toil and labor.
When we were such simple and confiding ctea
tpres as to credit every man who would consent
to take om piqier out of the Post Office, and
read it, and to believe him honest enough to
pay, we sympatbysed with our 1 tethren of the
press, whenever we saw the-e outpourings of a
heart deeply affected bv a sympathetic disease
ven common among editors anti publisher:
poslucett bv a 100 close affinity l.etM'eeii ttie ring
ami the tassel of their pulses. Ent Time, which
is said to correct ail thing-, < combined with an
experience, which eo-l-rs, if not thousands of
dollars, certainly days and years of ceaseless la
lior, irh-n we thought, ire irrre 'niakiuw, aaddid
rharge thousands of do/dL'.’,—have wrought a
change upon us; and have learned to look
upon men as they ate, and 10 know that thous
ands, who take a papyrfrbm year to year, feel
no sort of moral obligation io pay lor it —in
deed, some of them think if they can cheat a
poor editor out of his just dues bv any little act
of meanness, it is’perfectly legitimate, and they
hesitate t:ot to boas( of their success: and.
therefore, we determined, “sink or si'-hn, svrvioe
rrp'rish" we woukl afcpt the “Cash Kystkm "
paper to pay in
rton^^^ni^W(pionrt^ffiGheS ! r3fffi)
system, which we enforced mostfigidlv on the
’lst January, 1842, and struck from our list of
subscribers hundreds of names—many ol them
we knew to be rtsponsible men, who would pay
whenever called on, but we ilesire.i to avoid the
noecssity of calling. Some laughed, others
swore, many abused us, and a few concluded
“it. :ras c— n poor paper any way," ami they
were gla 1 it was discontinued, tor they had been
wanting an excuse to stop it for a longtime.
After a time, however,the most sensible portion
of them, those fur whose good opinion we cared
a gloat, concluded we were right, and they
would again take tie paper, and accordingly
Ibrwar. ed the means to pay their old accounts,
and in advance fi>r the tiitine. Now we all
move on harmoniously: every man who reads
our paj er, (save those in the counties lor which
we do the official advertising, a feu of whom
have not paid,) has the cheering reflection, when
he sits down to read the Chronicle &. Sentinel
that it is paid for; he has, therefore, no fears
that the first thing that meets his eye, when he
opens his paper, will !«• a dvn, arrayed between
a double line of fists; and besides, he knows
that when his money gives out his paper will
stop, and be need net tliereforegive himself any
trouble about an excuse, or impose upon the
Postmaster the duly of serving us w ith a notice
r.is<wiriw«r.’’ The jot r and the rich are
placed in the same “category, ’ ami when they
fail to pay in advance, we Grike their names
promptly from our list of subscriber*—we care
not whom it offend or please.
The consequence of such a step by us, at a
time of extreme pressure in monetary affaits,
and when, too, Ihe countty was flooded with de
preciated money, was feared by manv of our
friends, and we confess we looked to it not with
out some misgivings ourselves, but we had le
solvcd to go toiwant, and when the day a:lived
we had no int lit.tub.tt to ten: te out -teps. The
result has I.ten giatityil g to our pt ide as it
has 1< en bent licirl to out business. Under the
credit system forty-nine ttoilnis c,f eveiy filtv
t.’iat we taceiied tiom the cci ntn, were in tie
preeiated bills, fvltit h uc uric compelled Io re
ceive at | ar, or get nothing— to get which, we
were t'.impeUed to keep frc.n> one to three agents
constanil, traveling, ala heavy expense—and
we pursued it until we had act timnlr.ted a load
tTttebt irom jv. hi' h v.e have r.ot yet tecoveted,
«e
'^n^sUitoTroTlrovUn
de. of
its dcpreeiaifW monewxtcjt al the tliscoum,
our bnsine.rs requites ne liaveling agents, ex
cept to try ami collet t lite < id debts, our sub
scription list is in as flourishing a condition as
it ever was tinder ti t credit system, and, on the
whole, after a trial of the cash system for fifteen
months, we have conclEded, upon the most ma
ture reflection, that. subscriber who pav* in
advance, is better than ihrrr who promise to par
at the end of the year, anti, as such,
swiw, survive or pirifi," we go lot the “cash
SVSTf.M.”
Our Exchange Table.
We would respectfully suggest to our ft lends
ofthe “Georgia Journal," the necessity ol keep
ing their copy of our Exchange Table collected
by the original. We are /induced to do this,
from the tact that wr have lately discovered er
rors in their papei: snd, as they credit it to this
paper, many persons may be misled.
A new Enterprise.
The Georgia (Rone) Courier ofthe 18th inst.
says:—Our enter;.t sing lelhai-citizen, It. J.
Johnson, Esq. Merciant, left this place on the
I5l)i inst. lor Mobil?, with a boat loaded with
1200 Chickens, Issi Ducks, 40 Turkeys, 50
Hogs, 7 Beeves, K' bales ol Cotton and 1200
doz. Eggs. There isa fine tide now in the rivet
and with a good piki al the shoals, there seems
the fairest prospect liat he will reach his desti
nation in safety, ’this, we believe is the first
freight boat that haseverbeeu fitted out from this
place; we are, therefore, the more anxious that
it should meet with 10 accident. The boating
business upon our livers has increased much
within the last two years, and when the country
becomes mere densely settled, and we produce
more than ue consume, it will be rapidly multi
plied.
We are informed tint out ol a large number
of boats that have pasted the s.hot.ls this spting,
a tew only, have metivith accidents, and these
only owing to the teiicrity ofthe boatmen in at
tempting the passage Vithout experienced pilots.
I’luscripton Rebuked.
We read with sinche satisfaction the follow
ing in the ;■ lexandriaGazette of Saturday:
“Jose] h Laches, Etj. was on Thutsday last
uiiaiiiuioi sty elected Mtyoi oi Atexandria.liy the
Colnmoli i .'ittcil life it..Lett G. Violeit,
1C. 1 1
“I bis mark ofresject and confidence was
bestow ed with a pronipness and harmony which
enhances the value ot he compliment; coming
as it did, too, from the Council composed of gen
tlemen ot both politics parties. And it maybe
added, too, that never did a community give a
more dignified and enuhatic rebuke to what is
considered, generally, md improper exercise of
power on the part oi tie President ofthe United
States.
“Mr. Eaches was : few days since removed
by Mr. Tyler from theoffice ol Collector of the
Customs for this port and immediately after
v. aids the same Mr Eaches is elected, with
general acquiescence, Mayorcj thi Town. The
circumstance requires no comment; and it is
sufficient to state the stnple fact.”
The Villain. —The Alabama Journal con
tains an advertisement to the effect that one Dr.
John E. Wright, froiaVlonroe county, Georgia,
took up his residence inGreen county, Alabama
married the daughter o'his landlady, Mrs. E.
Storey, and after the Ipse of two weeks with
his wife, took leave of isence fora few days, as
he said to visit Columbs, Miss. Instead of go
ing to Mississippi, htwcnl to Green county,
Geo., where he had a wfe to whom he had been
married some four or fie years, and two child
ren, the daughterof Job Biggers, Esq., of said
county. He remained few days at the latter
place, when he left wia his first wile, to go to
Green county, Ala., a he said, and has not
since been seen. Th* mother of the duped
daughter, who resides Eutaw, Green County,
Ala., solicits informatics ofhis whereabouts.—
Moderator.
Lossorinu ALGosatrNor PinmiELPniA.-
The ship Algonquin, of Philadelphia, formerly
a Liverpool packet, Capt Cliristianson, on her
voyage from Mobile botpd to Liverpool, with a
cargo of 1350 bales eottun, cm the Ist February.
in a heavy gale of wmd got ashore on Beach Key
one ol the Bahamas, close into Gun Key light,
and became a fotal wreck. The cargo has all
peen aveu with the exception of a lew bale'.
.lollu Tyler ami hi- Ollieers.
Ta ■ :<v.,i:h; h ib’, T !i-..i, - ■ V. e nii-
derstan.i tliat airaugciitenls are beitr- mud.: io
slipj lv th • pl,tec of all or neatly alt the Whig
office holders in the United btate-, by appoint
ing Tyler nten, it such men can lie found, in
their .stead. What a miserable pass this coun
try has come to since the days of the patriots,
who never removed a siiijge man tor opinion’s
sake. Now, the offices in the gift of the Gov
ernment ate bartered aw.iv in exchange for
votes and party influence, anil that too tmblush
ingly. We are told (we give the rumor as we
we heard it,) that an agent ot the President is
now in town, who is I so far as
the port of Savannah is concerned, to make
such changes as policy dictates. Our ' tollector
we suppdse is to be superseded. It will be diffi
cult, very difficult to fill his place, by a more
trustworthy, diligent and capable officer.
“Such is the legacy which Jaeksoiiismhas b.*-
qneathed to this Republic. It may emphatically
l>e said, that his Admmislratioii lumisbed al
most every precedent which is destructive of
public virtue. These are the fruits < f that sys
tem of rewards and punishment-, which he es
tablished. Sundry presses, too, have been sub
sidized, or new ones started, in order to coucen»
Hate power in the hands of John Tyler. We
are rejoiced to S.'.- the W big presses stand so
linn. Look at all the considerable Whig papers
it 1 the country. We do not know of one (there
may l e some, but we do not know them,) that
have nioditied their opinions lot the sake of
gain to :uit Tylerism. When, ac-couding to
Gen. Jackson's 'rotation in office’ system, Whigs
were ap.poitiled to office, We heard from the 1.0-collrco
collrco press the most piteous moans, and sore
complaints about the “guillotine si reaming with
blood. 1 ' We are rejoiced to see no such maud
lin cries and groans, and cuiilortiotis from the
Whig press. They have expressed to the full
measure t f indignation, and in language the
most denunciatory, theii-ilisapprrobation of near
ly the v. It.de cd'John Tyler's course. This
will continue Io do.
“As for ouselvrs, it' we cannot gain a living
without sup|ortin.': John Tyler amt his meas
ures, we will shut up shop, and follow some
other vocation.”
[Most cordially do wc respond to the senti
ment contained in the concluding j aragraph,
which so fully coire-pcn.ls with our own feel
ings. The support of such a man by any intel
ligent being, who is. familiar with the history of
his career, front the time ot his nomination
till now, an t who is not, we consider as con
clusive evidence of knavery, or as being so de
ficient in moral principles, as to render him
unworthy the name ol an American citizen. If
he did not obiain his nomination to the Vice
Presidency by downright knavery, it was cer
tainly accomplished by duplicity, and his recent
conduct shows, if he did not attain his present
position by political knavery, it was only be
cause the Mccessity did not demand the exetcise
of such t n ingredient. We are aware, fully
aware, that many who entertain a sort of mawk
ish, sickly respect for men high in office, will
be disposed to regard this rather st long language;
to such we have only to remark, that we labor
ed zealously tor months, and we believe with
some effect, to elevate him to office, confiding
in his honesty, and the sincerity of his profes
sions ; and to our utter astonishment, soon after
that melancholy event which placed hint in the
position which he now occupies had transpited,
we became satisfied that he was not only desti
tute of tue. first trait ibr which we had given
him credit, but that all his professions and
pledges were made with a view to serve his im
mediate purpose , to l.e disregarded whenever,
in his opinion, the interests of fne Traitor
might probably be advanced. These are brief
ly our opinions iff'John Tyler and his corrupt
administration—mote corrtt] t if possible than
that M Van Buren and Jitekson— and so far
from rendering him support, it will afford us the
highest possible gratification to “place a whip
in Ihe hand id' eveiy honest man, to lash him
naked through the wot Id.” j
The Georgia Com fei-.
' t - L ~Twiii i ‘i' i ifrTffr?” s.' u?
t.K;: & Bkov. n, at Rome, ( <?u., which bills fail
tn be an elliciunt and able coadjutor in the pro
mulgation i.l soißhi \\ 1114 principles- We
welcome, moM coidially, the Courier to the field,
and hope it mar prove as effective as the debut
ot ihe Editors is modest aim impieit-ndinv. We
commend it to ihe of ihe Whigs of
Western Georgia.
Small Pox,
The l’’oil Gaines “A////» .hA//' ofthe l.’-ih inst.
say:—The I.Aver.-iagc drhci brought ihe sad
intelligence heic mi Wednesday of the deailt
I y this disease ofoneWotir valuable citizens in
the lower pari ot’iliis courny, Mr. Hays. Air.
11. was one of our wealthiest and has
suddenly been • id off li«.m a Jaige and inieioi
ing family.
The Eufaula >:hiehl slates lhal one of the
Meandio.nis put <;/f a negro fellow at lhai place
with thejnse.’ue: am! ue leain | y the mail ear
lier from that * lari*, that it had made its appear
ance upon ihe negro woman who aiu nded uj on
the sick negro.
Our riiysirians have now a .*upplvof the
vaccine matter, and w<* would advice none io
delay il- immediate application.
1 ,, r0m the Naliunnl Intelligencer.
The Convention with Mexico,
Whatever ciicumstances have hitherto pre
vented the official promulgation ol the Conven
tion recently concluded between the U. States
and Mexiru—-perhaps the temporal}* absence
from Washington of ihe Mexican MinYstei de
layed the exchange of ratifications thereof—we
see no reason, being posse-sed of a knowledge
ot its provisions, why we should not communi
cate them to our readers, a numler of whom,
probably, are interested in them, directly or in
cidentally.
The Convention was concluded at Mexico,
between our Minister, Gen. Thumps n, and M.
Bocanegra and M. Gurostiz •, the Mexican Min
isters of i oreign Relations and Finance. The
following aie it provisions:
Article 1. On the i«Oth day of April, 1813,
the Mexican < <ovvHiment slh,!! pay ail the in
t test which may then be tine ~n tin* awards in
favor ol ciniim-ifl - unde.' the coin enimn < f the
1 Ith of '■ i . |y-s*J, i :r» hi u: sii.ut m
the citv ut iVlcxieo.
Art.'2. The principal of the said awards
and the interest accruing thereon shall be paid
in five years, in equal instalments eveiy three
months, the tail term of five years to commence
on the 30th day of April, 1843, aforesaid.
Art. 3. The payments aforesaid shall be
made in the city of Mexico to such person as
the U. States may authorize to receive them, in
gold or silver money—but no circulation, ex
port, nor other duties shall be chatged lheieon—
and the Mexican Government to take the risk,
charges, and expenses of the transportation of
the money to the city of Vera Cruz.
Art. 4. The Mexican government hereby
solemnly pledges the proceeds of ihe direct taxes
ofthe Mexican Republic for the payment ofthe
instalments and interest aforesaid, but it is un
derstood that whilst no other fund is thus speci
fically hypothecated, that the Government of
the United States, by accepting this pledge,does
not incur any obligation to look for pavmeut of
those instalment?; and interest to that fundalone.
Art. 5. As this new arrangement, which is
entered into for the accomodation of Mexico,
will add additional charges ot' freight, commis
sion. &c. the Government of Mexico hereby
agrees to add t vo and one half per centum on
each ofthe aforesaid payments on account of
said charge ;.
Art. 6. A new convention shall be entered
into for the settlement of all claims of the Gov
ernment and citizens ofthe U nited States against
the Republic of Mexico which were not finally
decided by the sole commission which met in
the city oi' Washington, and of all claims ofthe
Government apd citizens of Mexicrfagainst the
Unitee States.
Ait. 7. The ratifications of this convention
shall be exchanged at YVashington within three
months after the date thereof, provided it shall
arrive at YVashington before the adjoui nmentof
the present session of Congress: and it not, then
within one month after the meeting of the next
Congress of the U. States.
We do not know whether it be necessarv to
add that the Convenliflh, as: < (included, wa- stile
tantially approved, before its conclusion, bv the
bpresentalives ot a large majority'in value of
te parties immediately interested. The day is
n< far distant, it will be observe 1, (3ffih April.)
wjten the first payment under the Convention is
lose made in the city of Mexico.
Membeh oc Congress Dun.—The Hon.
I tcuira “haw. hit-';u -mber of CiHig-cs:., irom
New Hampshire, i;ied on <n.‘ I!.!, i.e.t., a t Exe
ter in that State. He had been in las health
for .-ometime. His age was 57.
1 nt: Storm Thursday Night.—The New
York Herald ofthe 18th says:—This was m.ist
severe—tlte wotst we have had in a year. The
wind blew a perfect tempest. The snow las
fallen to the depth of two feet or thereabouts.—
The narrow streets, where the snow is clear
er! offthe sidewalks, ate rendered nearly impas
sible to vehicles drawn by hotses. Much dam
age was done in several parts of the city.
The barque Isabella, from Mayagues, for
New York, with a cargo ol sugar, went ashore
on Staten Island during the gale, but w ill he got
off after discharging hercargo. The ship Flori
an, Irom New I otk, bound for Amsterdam, al
so went ashore in Princes Bay, but i-. expected
to lie got off without much damage.
1 hi: i’liii.ADEt.puiA Riots.—The African
Presbyterian church in Philadelphia have recov
ered, in a suit trough: against the cotmtv of
Philadelphia, a verdict ol .114,6511 damages for
the burning ot their t iturch edifice during the
riots in that city in August last.
Judge Kennedy the presiding judge, charged
tnat it was immaterial whether the file w;; s di
rectly and jmrposely put to it bvthe trrob, or it
caught lire from another burni.ig building pur
posely set on lire. It was enough that the inju
ry was the consequence ol the unlaxvlui aet of
tiie I'ioteis, tor the county was responsible for
the public peace and th«salety ot the people in
person and property. Nothing can be more just.
This protection is the great eject and obligation
ol civil society and government.
Prom the Alow Orlrana Tragic.
The. “Jones Famii.v.”— Next tothe Smith’s
(an ancient though no! numerous iace) the
“Joneses” have been ranked as being the most
fcn|R»itant. In politics, the “.Smiths” have nev
e figured to a great extent, but the ascension ol
“ lolm Jones of tlie Madisonian, to the edito
r al tripod, seems to have been a sudden induce
ri/ent tor all the text of Ihe “Joneses” to arise
aid show their ham!-. YVe notice in Ihe If ich
caond Whig, the proceedings in part, of a re
cent Democratic Convention in tliat city. The
number ot members (judging from the hotel
txoks,) docs not appear to have been over
whelming, and ol those who pay ln.-ir bills, the
quantity it is supposed will be less. The Whig
< oes not know how the Convention was got to
gether, but presumes that it was somewhat after
the style ol the “Mecklenburg Convention,”
'which was mainly patronised by the “Jones
J amily.” The following is the only true record
ofthe matter:
Mecklenburg.
At a large and respectable meeting of the
pure Democracy of Mecklenburg, cousisiing of
nine members, held in the law-office of Beveily
Jones, Esq., on Monday, the dllth inst., it being
court day, pursuant to /»■« hours previous no-
Gn motion of Dr. Tingnal Jones, John Jones,
.Esq., was called to the.chair, and Alexander
Jones appointed Secretary.
On motion of James Y': Jones, Esq., second
ed by Wm. H. Jones, Esq., Beverly Jones,
ilsq., was nominated as a suitable candidate to
represent the county of Mecklenburg in rhe next
General Assembly.
The Chairman being very deaf, Dr. Ting.ial
Jone:, was requested to stand by him and eom
innnicale to him the motions as lhev were
made.
JOHN JONES, Chairman.
A. S. Jones, Secretary.
l.ossof the Ship llmporium, of Boston.
The ship Emporium, of Boston, J. Pars.ms,
master, from Charleston, in ballast, found to
Mobile, to load fin Europe, on the 17l!t of Feb-
Mary, at 11 P. M., went ashore on the South
side ofthe Bctry Islands; at 8 A. M., cutaway
her masts, when the wreckers came alongside,
s.nd finding thete was no probability of getting
tie sliipotf, she was stripped of her
sails, &c.; shortly after, she bilged and filled
svilh water, and went down head foremost, in IS
leet ol water. The crew w ete taken on board
the schooner Magnet, and carried into Nassau,
..N. P.
The Em|xaium had previously discharged a
cargo of b < at Cha:lesion, w hich sh- t arried to
that place from Boston.
Mr. Charles A. Holmes, the mate ol the Em
porium, Irom whom we gatherthe foregoing ac-
< oitnt, informs us that the evening previous to
lheii sailing from Nassau, he was in company
with a captain of a Scotch brig, name imk. owii,
With.
’Vtolis near where th* t-.mpoiTmnwas "vreeki'il;
Ire was from St. Domingo, bound to I’lvnouth,
England, lor order.-.. She had acargo ol'coffi e,
about Ift.OlKl bags, and only 3,1XK1 were saved.—
The lemainder with the ve- -.e| was a total loss.
-- .V. J'. Crw. Adr.
Writing on Newspapers am! Pamphlets.
IE S. Distkii i- Coi.'rt—Marcli Term, 1843.
Eluted Stales vs. Elder-—This was a suit to
leeover the penalty imposed by the Post t itfi.-e
Law ol 1825, fora violation of the 3(lth section
of mat law, by writing or putting a m.-morah
dtint on the maigin ol a newspaper or namohlet
sent by mail.
In liiis case it was in proof that thedelendatit,
Mr. Elder, ol Ihe firm of Elder. Geiston & Co.
wrote on the back of a printed paper or pamph
let containing a Tariff of Duties or Price Cur
rent, these words, “From Elder, Geiston A. Co.,
Baltimore,” and sent the pamphlet to a cotres
pot'dent in Louisville, who refused to pay post
age thereon.
In compliau. e with the requiiement of law it
was returned here, and placed in the hands of
tin- U. >B. Attorney tot tin-recovery of the penal
ly. I'or the United States it was contended that
sin h writing was within the prohibition of the
JOtli section <:f the A<-t ol 1825, and subject to
its ] enally. The opposite ground was taken by
the defence, and alter argument, upon the con
struction ot the law, the Court decided that it
was a violation ofthe law toplace on a paper
<»■ pamphlet sent by mail, these or any other
word» other than the name of the party to whom
the paper was sent. The jury accordingly ren
dered a verdict tor the United States. Z. Col
lins Lets, Esq., U. S. Attorney, for the plaintiff,
N. Williams E.-q., for defendant—Be//. 4»re/i-
Lions vs. Lvw.—A laughable occurrence
took place a lew days since in this town. An
individual in some way connected with a respect
able establishment of w ild beasts now exhibit
ing, was arrested lor debt. After some conver
sation l.e invited the .Sheriff’s officer and fol
lowers to view the collection, before accompany
ing them to durance vile; they agreeing, he de
scribed each animal and concluded bv entering
theiien with a lion, ‘a la Van Ambnigh,’ which
latter leal highly pleased the trio or kidnappers
y.ho weie waitingto conduct him to Spike Hall.
Their con-ternat'on how ever may be imagined
when hr | tflitcly informed them tliat he preferr
ed the Company of lions of the forest to the lion-,
ofthe law, and that il was his intention to remain
where he v. as until after 12 o’clock on Saturday
night, when, according to law, their authority
(for the tiitc-jeeated. Threatsand persuasion's
were alil.e unavailing; all assurance they could
obtain tr. in him was the assurance that if they
wanted.him they might come and take him. Af
ter some tiiiii the plaintiffcame and was so well
I leased v nh the joke, that an amicable at range
tnent so.-l ■■•o',, ; lace l« tween '.he parties.—l.ir
erpoot. !Ujeuty.
•An Intelligent Dog.—A friend of ours in
an Eastern city, relates the following anecdote
of his New foiulland dog. On a certain Sunday,
after church, the family were assembled in the
drawing room, and every member of it, with
one exception, occupied in reading. The dog,
after making a renmnirissance of the party, pro
ceeded o! his own accord to the library and taking
down a book fiotn the shelves, returned and pre
sented il to the individual who was unprovided
with that convenient instrument forwhilinga
way the long quarter of an hour before dinner •-
Troy Hhig.
Hot Water Apparatus for Heating Houses.
YVe have seen in full an.l complete operation,
at the dwelling of Mr. Minifie, architect, Fay
ette street, nearly opposite the Post Office, Per
kins’ Hot Water Apparatus for heating houses,
which he has bad in use tor more than a year.
It is certainly an object deserving attention,
and we think, commends itself veiy strongly, as
well upon the score of comfort as of conve
nience and economy, to all house-keepers. It
consists, in its simplest foim, ot an endless
tube, closed at all parts and filled w ith water.
A portion of this tiihe is coiled in a furnace lo
cated in the cellar, and contains the tire; the
other part is distributed through Ihe liuilding,
and receives its heat from the water constantly
circulating thurein. An ordinary apparatus
will contain alKiut four gallons, and requires re
plenishing only once a week, with from one to
two pints. The heater used by Mr. Minifie
will keep his entire house perfectly comfortable
during the (-eldest weather, with the consump
tion only of a bushel of anthracitecoal every 24
hours. The temperature of the rooms, ihtis
produced, is exceedingly pleasant, being soft
and balmy, similsrto the atmosphere of a spring
morning. Freeh air is introduced by mean-, of
pipes, which passes through the healed coii«,
beeoiaes ratified, and is presumed to l»- highly
conducive to health. The invenlion her.- noti
ced is altogethei one of importance, and invites
general attention. This heater I.as already
been introduced into other buildings in ihi-city.
jV’i’iw Goven.or and < ’ouncil of Rhode 1-1 ’
and have ordet ..I a pro::</!,< to be entered
against ea' h i t the indictments now pending at '
Newport ag/r.rr.t lifoiduals fol nearest.
1 Rich Old Maid.
In threading'the ; .ti. •i „( '.--.y,,. z t!,., 1( . j.
something pe<-uli;n hl 111., sio-ns ovei ihe large
iiiei /-a u 111 e b in-/- 1 hefys : ign* assure Hie
Stranger tiiai a large portfon ot th.- bo. io -s-in
this country is done by t.-males— thev are the
capitalists, and the active members of the busi
ness fit ins. A- an instance of the pranks play
ed by Dame Fortune on those who woo Iter fa
vor iiy industry and ccon >ni_t’, tie Would name
the cas” of Lydia I > . A bout fifteen years
sfoce, she Caine Io this place from Philadel
phia, : lone, [io.ii , friendless, tinre- oniiuendetl,
and commence I business in the humble capaci
ty of a huckster—selling apples, candy, at
the corners of th., street- next a small shop—a
retail store, &c., gradually rose up until her pro
perty is now valued at three hunrlretl thousand
dollars. *For some years, her operations in
Natchez and Y'icksburg ha-, e lieen large. She
owns some dozen ofthe finest houses in Yricks
burg, and is now a rich old maid, and w hat is a
rare circumstance, accumulated all by het own
industry. She has none of the contracted no
tions anti love of small matters peculiar to old
maids; but has a strong grasping masculine
propensity for heavy business transactions, with
all the care and economy of a strict hotisewile.
When in Vicksburg tin* other day, she was
pointed out to us, and we pursued her several
square- until she enti-icd a storehouse on busi
ness. Her features are rigid with care and cal
cnlation. There is none of that swe.-i smile of
loveliness which plays alxmt 111- sweet counte
nance ot woman—hei voice lias assumed a
bard and commanding tone, instead ofthe soft
cadences ol love and kindness—her step is hur
ried, instead oflight and graceful. Heradion,
look aii.i_r.il- i-. that ol business, instead ol the
graces of fin ely woman.
:s| ( e only know s one impulse of action—mo
ney. As an illustration of her character, we
will name one instance ot her attempting to woo
the powers of Utipid. Having accidentally dis
covered that she was atone in the world, abo it
lour years since, site determined on purchasing
a husliani!. One day, as Judge Pinkard, (bro
iler ot Dr. I’inkard, formerlv ol Lawrenceburg,
Ind.) was passing her establishment in Vicks
burg, she called him in, and informed him that
she wanted him to couri' some monev f ir her.
Tlte reader will recollect Judge Piukard is
an old bachelor. The Judge, at her request,
stepped inlohbr counting iwm, where she had
one hundred thousand dollars lying upon the ta
ble. When tbejiidgehad finished counting the
locep.lv, she informed him, in quite a business
manner, that he could have the control ol it,
hr would take her with it! History does not men
tion whethei* the Judge took the question under
consideration, or whether lie rendered the opin
ion of the Court instantly. But we are glad
his decision has been preserved. He has deci
ded tliat the one hundred thousand dollars, was
quite desirable, but the inruiiibrar.ru was great
er than the nett value. So the )x-titioner was
nonsuited. We would suppose she was about
forty years of age, but it is hard to judge the
age of an old maid.— Cor. of Indiana Amer.
Fhienuship.—Lieutenant Montgomery had
seen much military service. However, the
wars were over, and he had naught to do, but
lounge as best he coul.l through life upon half
pay. He was one day taking his ease at his
tavern, wlrn lie observed a stranger cvidentlva
foreigner, gazing intently ar him. The Lieu
tenant appealed not to uoliceXhe intrusion, but
shifted bis position. A short time, and Ihe
stranger shifted too, and still w ith unblenched
gaze he stared. This was too much for Mont
gomery. who rose and approached Ihe scrutini
zing intruder.
“Do yon know ne, sir?” asked the Lieuten
ant.
“I think I do,” answered the foreigner who
was a Frenchman.
“Have you ever met me before 1” continued
Montgomery.
“1 w ill not swear for it; but il we have, and
1 am almost sure wc have,” said the stranger—
“you have :t sabre scar, a deep one, on your
right wrist.”
“I have, ’ cried Montgomery, turning back
his sleeve, and displaying a very broad and ug
ly scai; “I didn't get this lor nothing, lor the
brave fellow who made me a present of it, I re
paid w ith a gash across the skull.”
• The Frenchman bi nt down his head, parted
his hair with his hands, and said—“von did;
you may look at the receipt.”
The next moment they were in each others
arms. '1 hey became liosoin friends for lite.
Tit: Til AnR.tVEn in iMeuiiv Guise.—We
copy the following seasonable article Irom a
late liumherof the Savannah Republican ;
liuys ami GIHh.
W1 er,- are they ! What has become of the
juvenile race that used to make the welkin ring
with t ic frolicsome laughter, the tree, unre
strained sports, the merry, innocent pastimes of
happy lioyhood and giilhoixl! What has be
come of that beautiful raeebt tail haired, rosv
cheekeil, healthy, wholesome boys, and the
warm radiant sunshine of gitlish luces, with
step a-- elastic and graceful as that of a wood
ny.oph, with a laugh sweeter than the music of
singing birds, with all their naturalness, their
ijniiiijim-
Byh n might well have simir i:i his day—-
“Sweel i« ih<- laugh of girls.”
It was heard then, and now in the “gi>en
lanes of merry England, on the sunny plains of
France, p.kmgthe vine clad hills <»f Germany
and here, these “ec-iejeial voices” may be
heanl, but not in mallrr-01-fnrt in America. No
—ib»»y arc not b< r<*. During the Revolution it
was not thus. When children had to choose a
play gnmnd lin'd war. secure from shells and
round shot, it was not thus. There is no boy
hood nor girlhood now. 'there is the birth, the
baby-hood, manhood, womanhood, and death,
these are the epochs which divide a life that—
hovers like a slmt
Twixt night and morn,
I’poir the horizon's veige."
Our American hoys are not well grown hoys;
they arc homunculi, as Carlyle would say—min
iature men dressed upt n Imtles, with luiig-lailed
cot.ts, or smart frock <-oals, gloves and canes,
and too oft.oi brave in cigar smoke. Their
hair, it is long and liianly, their carriage most
particularly erect, and to stumble against a curb
stone and roll in a little dean dirl would he a
calamity. Their laces are grave and thought
ful with the throes of nascent manhood; their
address prolbttndly /■ah-ulating, and reflecting
the wisdom of the incipient man of the world,
as if they knew sorrow, and had taken deep,
very deep glanchs into that wonderful storehouse
ot mysteries, which the day ot judgment alone
w ill cleet up—th.- human heart.
The girls! How many of them are allowed
to give forth the impulses ot' their sensitive na
tures! They, too, are little women. They too
often do not kiss their manly l-.rothets, much
less are they caressed by them. They are little
women, deep in the mysteries of the toilet, re
dolent of cosmetics, perhaps versed in hem
stitching and w orking lace; their very dolls have
bustle-, and they, poor things, w ith forms, cast
in.'i mould of God’s own workmanship, whose
eveiy rill re and every developement is beau
ty and loveliness, must wear bustles too.
—Hardly do they dam their brother's stock
ings, or hem bishand.kerchiets, or delight in the
handy-work ol inaking his linen.
YVhen half grown they are serious, sober wo
men. They dance and sing, and smile, and
simper methodically. They walk en stilts, .ir
dance w ith evident constraint, and hy-and-by
we expect they will not dance at all. We ex
pect soon to sec th.- little beings, with eyes fixed
alone on I heir neighbor’s deficiencies. Ah! how
wrong to check tlie buoyancy, the exhilaration,
the joyous outbreak of these young creatures,
whether it he in romping, or running, or danc
ing, and whether the dancing be to the music of
their oven voice.'-, of tlie plana, of the violin, or
the harp, or the tabrael, or of a German band, if
providentially they might pick one up for love
or inotte).
This is a dei.-.ni'e, stupid, hypociilict.l, htttn
liiiggin:: and vie ate going one oi these
days to s. y uton alot’d it.
The New York Commercial Advertiser, in
publishing the above, adds the following judi
cious remarks:
“Exaggerated, but not altogether untrue, —
Girls and boys are indeed rara arcs among us,
hut through the merciful goodness of Provi
dence, there are some children yet left. To be
sure parents do their possible to convert the
children, first into apes and monkeys, by dress
ing them up in all manner ol tunics, and Greek
capotes, and Scottish tartans, with preposterous
caps and tong curling ringlets, and so parading
them throng:: the streets to he staredat and leatn
lessons of vanity; and worse even than litis, the
poor little things ate hurried as fast as possible
into the condition of young ladies and gentle
men, by the aid of fashionable boaixling-schools
for the former, and of billiard-rooms, segar
shops with pretty segar girls behind the counters,
oyster-saloons, last trotting horses, ctinner-par
ties at the Astor, Champagne, brandy-juleps,
gold watches, an t unlimited credit with the
tailors for the latter.
The beginning of the evils is in the misman
agement of children. Not one parent in fifty
seems to have an idea that children have bod
ies for any' oilier purp ses than t» put tine
clothes on and go abroad fora show. Infants
scarcely out ot the cradle are sent to schools,
crammed with ridiculous ologirs and supplied ad
libitum with “scier.ce made easy i’or juvenile
minds,” instead of being allowed to run about,
and tumble heels over head, and learn how to
use their limbs and lungs in the fresh air, and to
read Mother Bunch, Goixly Two-Slmes and
Robinson Crus<x*. Boys arestuffed with Latin
and Greek, against the stomach of their sense,
before they can either read or write English ;
and girls are whit led through a course ofFrencli,
Italian, music, algebra metaphysics, concholo
gy and for aught we know, neurology, when
they ought to be gathering roses lor their cheek's,
anil brightness lor their eyes, and vigr i lbr their
little legs and arms, and famous apetites for
their (linnet’s, by passing at least tour hours of
every day, in wholesome out door exercise—
getting up with the sun at morning and going to
roost with the birds al night.
If wc could have our wai tiol a child in the
countty under eight year', oi age should see
the inside of a scnool-briuse ora school-book.
And here, lest the astonished public should be
startled out ot all its propriety by doctrines so
rnnnstrouslv heretical, »e biingour homily to
a elcye.
'Hoinmcrfml.
AtOUSTA MARKET.
WKDNESDAir Evknino, March iW.
Catt Mi. Our cotton market, until to-day, remained
in the Mime Hiianinitited state that we last reported it;
butto-da, nur submitted to the price* of our
buyers, and sales to a considerable exteut were made at
price- varying from (a) ’»cents. We quote 3fH
cents ns extremes of the market.
Dry Hard»oart, Hain, fr.- Our wholesale deal
er* are busily engaged in receiving their spring sup
plies, and country mflrctiants would do well to look at
them before they vi-it vffier markets, as wr believe our
merchants are prepared to offer them inducement*
which will make it to their interest to purchase their
supplies in this market.
nioeks of all kinds of Groceries axe
now (nil, and prices ol all the leading article* are gs
low a« they can be had in auy other market.
Hut-un-• The leceipu during the iVeek have been
heavy, and good loads readily command 5 cl* cash, and
cents in barter.
Flour- Hales ot canal, by the quunuiy,are made from
the wharf at $5$ —retail pi ire
FreifAto—To Kavannah 40 eta bale, to Charleston
by the rail road 25 eta I(M> 1U for round Ba j sonar,
bales.
Moiify— Kxchangr on Charleston, Havannah and New
York, in abundant at par. Central Bank notes reniain
at from 27 (a) 30 cl discount. Alabama Bank note,
cannot Le sold under 20 yf ct disconut. We have heard
of no sates of Stale 6 »t Bond-.
EXCHANGE TABLE,
(•non iasu.)
AUGUSTA NOTES.
Mechanics’ Bank p<r.
Agency Brunswick 8ank..... A...' -
Bank of Augusta *•
Augusta Insurance A Banking Comptuiy 41
Branch Georgia Kail Rond “
Branch Stale of Georgia **
SAVANNAH NOTFS.
State Rank •»
Marine and Fire Insurance Bank.. M
Planters’ Bank “
Central Rail Road Bank 5 10 dig.
COUNTRY NOTBB.
State Rank Branch,Macon par.
Other Branches State Bank “
(’ommercial Bank, Macon **
Brunswick Bank j*
Milledgevill Bank ».
Georgia Rail Kaad Bank, Athens
City < 'omicil of Augusta “
Ruckersville Bank •*
Branch Marine and Fire Insurance Bank
St. Mary’s Bank °
Branch ('<ntral Rail Road Bank, Maron. 5 (a) IQ dte
Central Bank (a) TO <*
Exchange Bank of Bi unswick No sale.
Insurance Bank of Columbus, Macon.... No sale.
Pho-nix Bank, Columbus.... “
Bank of Hawkinsville “
City Council of Milledgeville Uncertain.
City Council of Columbus “
City Council of Macon “
Monroe Rail Road Bank Broke.
Bank ol Darien and Branches »•
Chuttiihhnochce R. Road A Banking f’<». *•
Western Bank ol Georgia <•
Bank of Columbus u
Planters and Mechanics Bank Columbus. “
Bank ol Ocmulgee... .*
Georgia 6 If rent Bonds for specie
Georgia 8 cent Bonds lor specie None in him kea
SOUTH CAROLINA NOTKfI.
Charleston Banks
Bank ol Hamburg •*
Country Banks *»
Alabama Notes kO 2ft dis
CHECKS.
New York sight pa<
Boston «
Philadelphia M
Baltimore M
Lexington parfti>A nrem
Richmond, Va... f u
Savannah pas |
Chai lesion. |«r (3l | “
Mobile, Thursday P M., March Ki.
Cotton —The expected foreign advices not having yet
come io hand, the market continues good, end trausac
tions unimportant.
Cxch .iigi-— But little done to-day. We quote Birr
ling bills Z 2-. 60 days on New York 16, sight checks d«>
IH, sight on New Orleans 22/a* 22|, Aaieiican gold 22
23, silver 21 fa) 22 ct prein.
Frffiijiftto— We hear of no engagement to-day.— Adt.
New Yoke, March 18—r. m.
Cotton The sales for the past week have been com
parative) y small, amounting up to last eveniug io 3700
bales, olWhich 2300 were Upland and Florida at 4A fa)
6J ets; ROU Mobile at 5 (a) 7fa : and 650 New Orleans ai 6
(a) 7L The arrivals during the same period were 1*2,7119
bale*. In prices wi notice a decline of | fa) |ofacl ou
the lower grades.
Flom 'Tho Flour market has remained steady ihro'
the week, without any variation in price, bat buyers
have only purchased for the supply of their immediate
wants. e quote Canal at •4,7 b and Michigan and
flat hoop Ohm $4.62| fd> >4,7s.—Cbm. Adr.
AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT.
Wholesale. Retail.
BAGGING, Hemp yard 16 fa kV
Tow “ “ 12 fa 18
Gunny “ u 17 fa lAJ
BALE ROPE - lb. t> fa 12
BACON, Hog jound “ •• ft fa 6j
I lain* “ “ 7 fa b
Hhouldeo •• “ f> fa 7
Hides “ “ 6 fa «
BITTER, Goshen “ *• 16 fa Ml
North Carolina.... 16 fa k>
< 'ountry “ l-t fa 2U
COFIT.E, Green piinte Cuba. “ *» 9A fa L2f
Ordinary to Good.. ° “ b fa IH
Hi. Bomingo... u 8 fa U*
JR io “ “ 9 fa irt
lotguira “ “ J 10 fa
Porto Rico “ “ 110 fa i‘4i
fa
'1..11«w “ ‘ 1Z M ”
CIIEEHE. Aincrirax......... X w 8 VZ*
Engluh “ “ u«u..
CIPEIt, Norlhrni “ bbl. SUU 0 II
in Ihix*-. x doc. 3 to , to
CIGAKB, Hpaninh.. “ M. 15 011 (W 3U <*•
American “ •• 5 (XI IZ 0U
< <»KN -‘ buffi. .171 to
l-’IHII, Kerrilifle “ box. 76 (al I
.Mackerel Xu. 1 “ bbl. 12 iv <a : 14U>
No. z “ >• «ou hi iu tu
" Nil 3 “ “ It Ol (ti bOU
ri.ovn, t'uuui I* •• 575 ® enw
Haltiiiiui r.......... “ " sto (ui ci Ul
We.teru “ " sto («l 6 (Il
< 'ouull y “ “ 40U (J &to
FEATIIEHH lb. M ’eh
UINIiI.K “ “ )U op
GIINPOWUEU “ k. g . GUU (0 7(U
4II.AWH, 1(1 x 12 “ box 3OU ® 3to
8H W “ “ 2to (rn 300
IRON, Kiui-ia ...“owl. 50U (d 600
iFSwedets aborted “ •• 4fO fa SUU
Hoop ‘* “ i 00 fa HUH
Hheet * “ 700 fa HUU
Nail Rod* « “ 700 fa KOO
LEAD »• lb. 7 fa b
LEATHER, Hcle “ •* 23 fa 2P
L'ppct “ side* ICO fa 2(O
Call Hkiuß “ doz |R (O fa 'M (»
I ARD “ lb. 6 fa H
MOLAr'HKrt, N. Or Iran- “ gal. 2i fa Uw
Havana “ “ IR fa 20
English IhJaiid., “ “ nun*.
NAILS “ lb. ftA fa 7
OILS, Lamp “ gal. h7| fa 12b
Leiuved “ “ 10U fa I X
Tn liner* “ “ ftft fa <iu
OATH “ blub. ;17* fa G.
PEAK •• •* to fa 7Z
PAINTia, Rrd Lvud u lb. 15 (y?
White Lead “ keg 200 fa 326
rj anish Brown “ lb. 4
\ « llow Ocbir. .. “ •• ft fa R
PEPPER, Black “ “ 12 fa 13
PORTER, Loudon “ doz. 3£O fa 4 5U
.Hid Ale, American. M bbl. 300 4 CO
R xIKINK, Malaga “ box 200 fa 2(0
-Vluscatel “ “ 200 fa 22b
1100 m... •* none.
RK’E, Prime “ cwt. 2to fa 3 fiO
Inferior to Good “ “ 1 75 (d) 2 fill
SUGAR, New Oil eon* “ lb. 6 fa a
Havana, while * “ 11 fa)
•• brow n “ “ 7 fa 8
.Muscovado “ “ 7 <e »
HI Croix “ “ H M II
Porto Rico “ “ t (d U
l.oiop “ “ Ufa) 14
l.oat “ “ I’4 M It
broiblr r. tilnxl “ “ 14 M> 13
SPICE “ •• <t m to
SOAP, Amsrican, No. 1 “ “ (t (a) n
No. 2 “ “ 4 (H> 7
HALT, Liverpool ground “Lush. :t0 (J to
“ “ “ sock I 40 (d 275
KTEEL, German *• lb. 16 (a> It
lllixlrred .....“ " a tai LA
SHUT, all ►,«..» “bag 178 (a) 2 Utf
SPlllrtH, I »guac4thprool... “ gal. ICO (a) 2 (II
leash “ “ 100 W ltd
Al'Plr “ “ ® to
< io, Holland “ “ Ito (at 1 's'
-• American “ “ 40 (rd 75
Lum,Jamaica. “ “ 125 (H Ito
•* N. England.. “ “ 35 (,0 qq
X. hiakay, Northern. “ “ 30 (d
Western." “ :n ® 37J
" Mononga. " “ 76 ta) 1 111
" Irish “ “ B (IU (ci 3UU
TOffAI '.O.N. Carolina “ lb. s M th
'uginia “ “ J.-, 40
TWINI " " to «
tky.t « •• Nt ® 5,1
«• “ “ U) (d 78
Hyson « •< H) (H 126
(iunpowdw « " jOO ® 1 25
WINE, Mudlira.. “ gal. 260 r» 360
Hic-ity Madeira....... " " 125 ta> 175
Sherry " " 2 <lO (J 3to
Teneriffe " « 75 ® 126
Sweet Malaga “ “ 40 hi 60
Port " ■< 76 ta> 300
Claret “ " none.
" in boule. •' doe. 300 (d 600
Ctmmpaigne “ " 600 (S 12 00
JOSEPH C. WILKINS
Attorney at Law.
Will practice in all the counties of the Eastern
Circuit. Office in Riceboro, Liberty county, Go.
sept 11 ts
JAMES ROSS LAWHON,
Attorney at Law,
Dahlonega, Lumpkin county, Ge.,
W’ill attend strictly to professional business In
the following counties: _
Lumpkin, Dahlonega. A
Union, Blairsville.
Gilmu, Ellijay.
Chesokee, Canton.
Fohsyth, Cumming.
Mubbav, t Spring Place.
N. B. By authority of Gen. Anddew J. Hak
sf.ll, 1 atn empowered ta contract for retaining
fees for him as associate counsel in Lumukiu
county. [nth 4 w4t] J. R. f„
ANDREW .1. HANSELL,
luECBNTLr or DAIILONEOA,]
Attorney at Law.
Marietta, Cobb county, Ga.,
Having settled permanently nt Marietta, wHI
promptly attend to all business confided to him.
He will practice, as heretofore, in the following
COUNTIKK, TOWNS.
Floyd, Rome
t’Ass, Caseville,
CtreaoKKE, Canton.
Fohsytk, Cumming.
Lumpkin, Dahlonega.
Haschsham, Clarksvillt.
iIiLMEB, Ellijay.
Mvhhav, Spring Place.
Walkeb, Lafayette,
Ala.', in the counties-of Paulding and Cobb,
and in the U. S. Courts for the District of Geor
gia.
N. U. James Ross Lowhon, Esq., Attorney at
Dahlonega, is authorized to contract with parties
for retaltonn fr, « in any business in that county
u-ff 4 w4t A. J. H.